I recently read a book called The Children of Freedom, written by Marc Levy and translated by Sue Dyson. I have a pile of books started but not finished, but I had no problems speeding through this one. Usually when I read a book that I enjoy I don't want to get to the end, however with this one as I approached the end of the book I needed to know how the story concluded, so I raced through to the pages.
Here is a link about the book The Children of Freedom.
Something that stays with me from the story is how these very young people were so hungry all the time and good food was hardly ever come by. The story also made me think about the Red Cross who are mentioned a few times and what a difficult job that they must have had, and what horrific sights they must have seen then and also today in the war zones on our planet.
Here is a link about the man who inspired the creation of the Red Cross.
The story is set in and around Toulouse in the south; France was split in half by the Nazis, but the whole of France was under Nazi rule.
Last year when I visited Laval, a town about an hours drive away from here not I stopped and took this photo, a small simple monument in memory of some brave people who resisted against the Nazis .
Resist
I had no idea that many of the resistance were not even French.
I had no idea that many of the resistance were not even French.
All those strong bold monuments remembering the fallen soldiers of France tend to be the young men who died in World War 1.
Freedom for France
A French expression to be starving is avoir l'estomac dans les talons.( to have your stomach in your heels!) To starve affamé.
The French word for freedom is liberté
Finally a big thank you to my friend who sent me with the book, what a nice suprise! Merci mon amie!
